Toshiba laptops

Raised as a usability problem by 12 people on Hacker News over 16 years (2011–2026), in 13 threads.

People raised many different problems with Toshiba laptops, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 13 complaints

Keys are too small, making the laptop unusable for typing2026-06-09
Video stutters and dev server takes minutes to start on 2GB RAM2026-06-01
Nearly unusable even for simple everyday tasks2025-11-22
Keyboard is too small and hard to type on2025-08-28
Device is slow to respond due to low RAM and storage2020-11-24
Case was impossible to open2020-08-08
Hidden screws under glued stopper and sticker took forever to find2020-06-21
Reinstalling drivers and debugging issues is a nightmare on Toshiba laptops2018-06-05
Takes far longer to select text with the trackpad than with a mouse2017-09-20
On-screen keyboard takes up half the screen and feels weird, and the tablet feels slow2016-07-13
Windows Mobile OS crippled the device and made it disappointing to use2012-08-23
UI is laggy and slow to respond during use2011-12-04
Preinstalled software blocks the standard disk check, so basic disk errors cannot be fixed2011-04-30